Voice Activated Device news and trends

Voice-Activated Tracker: Here Come The Screens?
Voice Activation // May 08, 2017

Good news for those disappointed to see that Samsung’s Bixby didn’t debut last month alongside the Galaxy S8. The wait may soon be over. While Samsung’s announced time frame for Bixby’s arrival in the U.S. was a vague “later this spring,” a number of various...

Voice-Activated Tracker: The Last Landline
Voice Activation // March 10, 2017

This edition of Voice-Activated Tracker starts off with the news that we’ve been waiting for. Just a few weeks ago, Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Chime: a calling and video messaging software also available as both a web and mobile application. At the time, it seemed...

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Alibaba Gears Up To Launch Its Own Voice-Activated Device

June 30, 2017
Alibaba, China’s eCommerce company, is reportedly gearing up to create a voice-controlled speaker similar to the virtual assistant Amazon Echo that understands the Chinese language. According to a news report in CNBC, citing The Information, Alibaba could  launch the device as soon as next week. The virtual assistant is expected to understand Chinese commands and enable users to […]